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11 Feb 2005, 00:48
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Made of Twigs
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Shock Me
I've been looking at a lot of interview questions and 'perfect' answers and it reminded me of a story I heard about a prospective Cambridge student (it's probably an urban myth, but Ithat matters not) who in his interview was told by the interviewee to "shock me" so he jumped through the window. It got me to wondering what I would do in that situation and I really wouldn't know.
I could swear and insult him but he could simply reply "so you think swearing's shocking" or get naked or tell him I used to be a girl or something equally as crap but I can't think of anything that would get me the job if asked.
So GD, if you were asked in an interview to "shock me", what would you do.
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11 Feb 2005, 00:56
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Freedom Fanatic
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Re: Shock Me
Stick his testicles in the nearest electrical outlet.
In first with the obvious post.
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11 Feb 2005, 01:01
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NEWSBOT
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Re: Shock Me
"err, no."
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11 Feb 2005, 01:11
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Re: Shock Me
Pick my nose and eat the booger?
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11 Feb 2005, 01:13
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Freedom Fanatic
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Re: Shock Me
Show him naked pictures of his daughter/son/wife, perhaps.
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11 Feb 2005, 01:13
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mmm lambs
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Re: Shock Me
I think if I was actually asked that in an interview I would be quite stumped. Even now I can't really think of anything that I could do, anything that would shock them doesn't really seem appropriate behaviour for an interview to me which would put me off doing it even if they did ask to be shocked.
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11 Feb 2005, 01:15
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Manga Kitten is back!
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Re: Shock Me
Get the chair I'm sitting on and smash it on the floor/desk/window?
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11 Feb 2005, 01:24
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Clerk
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Re: Shock Me
When I heard it the guy set fire to the papers on the interviewers desk.
To be honest, if I heard that in an interview I'd walk out and leave. Hopefully that would shock them enough and I wouldn't have to sit around as they arse about with nonsense.
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11 Feb 2005, 01:29
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Insanely Insignificant
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Re: Shock Me
I believe a rendition of 'Tie me kangaroo down, sport' whilst liberally rubbing yourself all over with KY Jelly would be sufficient.
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11 Feb 2005, 01:33
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Bored
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Re: Shock Me
Probably say "What kind of stupid question is that?"
Although it would be funnier if I shouted something like:
"PI IS EXACTLY 3"
"I ALSO APPLIED FOR ANGLIA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY"
"OXFORD IS A MUCH BETTER UNI"
"PRAISE ALLAH"
"NODROG IS PRETTY"
or something along those lines.
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11 Feb 2005, 03:26
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Re: Shock Me
I'd go with the walk out and leave option
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11 Feb 2005, 04:05
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Re: Shock Me
I heard that he lit the papers on the desk too, not that he jumped out of the window. Again, an urban myth probably though.
I'd probably try and be clever and say I couldn't shock him because I didn't know how much he had seen in his life, as it is entirely subjective.
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11 Feb 2005, 06:42
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Re: Shock Me
Tell him you shagged his wife and children the previous night
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11 Feb 2005, 09:21
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Rawr rawr
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Re: Shock Me
Why would any interviewer ask that?
I'm having a hard time thinking of a situation or job where being able to shock is really needed. Except for stand-up comedian perhaps.
I'd ask "why?" and look very confused at him.
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11 Feb 2005, 09:36
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The Original Terran
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Re: Shock Me
Shit in his paper shredder.
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11 Feb 2005, 10:19
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The Twilight of the Gods
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Re: Shock Me
I was thinking either walk out (Dante) or "PI IS EXACTLY THREE" (Ste)
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11 Feb 2005, 10:29
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Made of Twigs
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Re: Shock Me
Quote:
Originally Posted by Structural Integrity
Why would any interviewer ask that?
I'm having a hard time thinking of a situation or job where being able to shock is really needed. Except for stand-up comedian perhaps.
I'd ask "why?" and look very confused at him.
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To see how you handle the unexpected I assume.
It's like a couple of years ago it become popular to ask 'killer questions' such as "how would you fix jelly to the ceiling" which seems like a piece of piss to me.
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11 Feb 2005, 11:11
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WANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAW
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Re: Shock Me
How about get up and punch the interviewer in the face, really hard.
Honestly I'd just ask what relevance that would have to getting the position. If the place employs such bizzare concepts and principals in it's hiring policy, then christ only knows what they implement in their working policy.
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11 Feb 2005, 11:29
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Re: Shock Me
The application form for Scream pubs has questions including "What is your favourite type of dinosaur?" and "On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you like Jam?"
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11 Feb 2005, 11:29
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Re: Shock Me
Hit on him?
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11 Feb 2005, 11:50
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Lonely analytic
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Re: Shock Me
Call his boss (or that one´s boss) right there and then on your mobile and ask him if it´s normal procedure for interviewees to touch you and make sexual insinuations.
That´ll shock the mofo for shurez.
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11 Feb 2005, 11:51
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Re: Shock Me
Literally explode. Detonate, if you will.
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11 Feb 2005, 12:03
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The Original Terran
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Re: Shock Me
call him dad
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11 Feb 2005, 12:27
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mmm.. pills
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Re: Shock Me
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Literally explode. Detonate, if you will.
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Implosion's more fun.
I think I might have said something like "I had sex with your nanna last night"
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11 Feb 2005, 12:41
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Re: Shock Me
Set an atom bomb off.
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11 Feb 2005, 12:48
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WANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAW
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Re: Shock Me
Anybody consider the fact that the employer may just have been suffering a heart attack and simply wanted the candidate to restart his heart?
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11 Feb 2005, 12:48
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lolly roffle
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Re: Shock Me
Pull out your Tazer and give him a real shock.
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11 Feb 2005, 12:59
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Re: Shock Me
Working in HR is a pretty good indicator that your life has been an abject failure.
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11 Feb 2005, 15:10
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Rawr rawr
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Re: Shock Me
Quote:
Originally Posted by Stew
To see how you handle the unexpected I assume.
It's like a couple of years ago it become popular to ask 'killer questions' such as "how would you fix jelly to the ceiling" which seems like a piece of piss to me.
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Actually, the more common approach (so I've been told in my interview trainig stuff at school) is that they ask you questions that you can impossibly know. A lot of people will start to make things up, just to answer the question. You can guess that those aren't the people who get hired .
My boss told me about a programmer he had at an interview and he showed the software package to him. The guy literaly said "oh, that's simple". I think that ranks pretty high in the list of things NOT to say in a job interview. This same guy also said "kankel" (pronounced with two k's) instead of "cancel".
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11 Feb 2005, 15:16
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Re: Shock Me
Lol, I also think its better to react confused and tell the man you are here for a serious interview and would like to go on with the normal questions.
But then again, it would be fun to pull out a gun and point it towards him
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11 Feb 2005, 15:18
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Re: Shock Me
Quote:
Originally Posted by Structural Integrity
Why would any interviewer ask that?
I'm having a hard time thinking of a situation or job where being able to shock is really needed. Except for stand-up comedian perhaps.
I'd ask "why?" and look very confused at him.
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Because anyone applying to Oxford or Cambridge has proved they can excel academically. So the interviews usually involve a lot of "unusual" questions. The idea is mainly for the candidate to set themselves apart from their peers.
Standard questions in an interview can be answered similarly by everyone, making it hard to distinguish one person from another. Questions which require candidates to "think outside the box", or laterally, are a bunch better indication of a person's character.
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11 Feb 2005, 15:21
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Pimpin Spoon
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Re: Shock Me
True true
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11 Feb 2005, 15:40
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lolly roffle
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Re: Shock Me
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Because anyone applying to Oxford or Cambridge has proved they can excel academically. So the interviews usually involve a lot of "unusual" questions.
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Mine didnt involve any unusual questions. They seem pretty pointless really, what the hell can you judge from someones response to a question like that?
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11 Feb 2005, 15:47
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Made of Twigs
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Re: Shock Me
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Mine didnt involve any unusual questions. They seem pretty pointless really, what the hell can you judge from someones response to a question like that?
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Like I said before, how well you can handle stress/the unexpected.
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11 Feb 2005, 15:51
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Rawr rawr
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Re: Shock Me
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Originally Posted by Stew
Like I said before, how well you can handle stress/the unexpected.
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What would be the right answer the the question " shock me" be?
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11 Feb 2005, 16:00
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WANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAW
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Re: Shock Me
Quote:
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What would be the right answer the the question "shock me" be?
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Boo?
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11 Feb 2005, 16:02
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lolly roffle
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Re: Shock Me
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Originally Posted by Stew
Like I said before, how well you can handle stress/the unexpected.
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I dont really see what relevance that would have to getting a place at Oxford.
All the interviews i had and know about at Oxford just took you through problem solving situations to see how you handled information you had never seen before and then worked through it to come up with some kind of conclusion. People are normally nervous and stressed enough in an Oxbridge interview as it is so just being there and answering any question is a test of how you handle stress.
Just strikes me as a pointless question thats all but so do a lot of questions that you get asked on application forms for jobs.
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11 Feb 2005, 16:20
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Made of Twigs
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Re: Shock Me
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Originally Posted by Structural Integrity
What would be the right answer the the question "shock me" be?
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I don't know My book didn't answer that one.
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Originally Posted by JC
Just strikes me as a pointless question thats all but so do a lot of questions that you get asked on application forms for jobs.
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I agree to a large extent, I was just curious how people would answer it.
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